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Re: recovery_connections cannot start (was Re: master in standby mode croaks)

Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>

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From: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@enterprisedb.com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
Cc: Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>, Fujii Masao <masao.fujii@gmail.com>, Simon Riggs <simon@2ndquadrant.com>, "pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2010-04-23T18:21:57Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers 
Tom Lane wrote:
> We realized some time ago that it was a good idea to separate
> archive_mode (what to put in WAL) from archive_command (whether we are
> actually archiving right now).  If we fail to apply that same principle
> to Hot Standby, I think we'll come to regret it.

The recovery_connections GUC does that. If you enable it, the extra
information required for hot standby is written to the WAL, otherwise
it's not.

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  Heikki Linnakangas
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